Shefford C.E. Primary SchoolBrightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Shefford C.E. Primary School and Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School are primary schools.

Shefford C.E. Primary School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Shefford C.E. Primary School is ahead on our composite score.
Shefford C.E. Primary School was judged the expected standard and Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School was judged the expected standard.
On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 33.0% for Shefford C.E. Primary School and 67.0% for Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25).

Shefford C.E. Primary School versus Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HungerfordShefford C.E. Primary School	NewburyBrightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School	England average
Overview
Our score	C58/100Stronger figure	D51/100
Local ranking	49th of 63 in West Berkshire	35th of 63 in West Berkshire Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Expected	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Voluntary controlled school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-11	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	51	87
Capacity	90	105
Location	Hungerford, RG17 7DB	Newbury, RG20 7BN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	33.0%	67.0% Stronger figure	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	17.0% Stronger figure	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	100.0	105.0 Stronger figure	106.0
Maths average scaled score	98.0	103.0 Stronger figure	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	51	87
Free school meals (ever 6)	9.8%	6.9%
English as an additional language	2.0%	2.3%
SEN support	21.6%	16.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	3.9%	0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.4%	3.2% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.9%	5.2% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.